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In accordance with point 3°, Section VI, of Article L. 621-7 and Article L. 330-1 of the Financial and Monetary Code, the AMF shall determine the general principles of organisation and operation of payment and settlement systems for financial instruments and shall approve the operating rules of such systems, without prejudice to the authority conferred upon the Banque de France by Chapter I, Title IV, Book I of the Financial and Monetary Code.
The principal function of a payment and settlement system for financial instruments is to process the instructions of its participants in order to ensure delivery of the financial instruments by the central depository concerned and simultaneous payment, where applicable, on the books of the payment agent.
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